The stretch of brief ridging that began Monday night will come to an end this evening as our next quick-moving trough passes from east to west across the Rockies. The NAM 500 mb vorticity animation below spans from this morning through tonight. Notice that initially a small-scale ridge is present over the Front Range. The main trough axis is poised …

Ben Castellani

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.

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